The Three Perils of Woman; Or, Love, Leasing and Jealousy: A Series of Domestic Scottish Tales, Հատոր 1E. Duyckinck, 1823 |
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Արդյունքներ 63–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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... better than I want her to know . " When Miss Gatty and her nurse reached the little attic chamber , the former eagerly inquired what the nurse conceived to be the stripling's meaning in the insinuations he had advanced ? The nurse could ...
... better than I want her to know . " When Miss Gatty and her nurse reached the little attic chamber , the former eagerly inquired what the nurse conceived to be the stripling's meaning in the insinuations he had advanced ? The nurse could ...
Էջ 15
... better than insisting on a stock of toops . God bless us ! but I hae been thinking and thinking again on the subject , and a ' my thoughts come to this conclusion ; she's our only daughter , and I fear that what is hained off her educa ...
... better than insisting on a stock of toops . God bless us ! but I hae been thinking and thinking again on the subject , and a ' my thoughts come to this conclusion ; she's our only daughter , and I fear that what is hained off her educa ...
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... better than a boarding - school . With honest Mrs. Johnson , I can trust my children as with myself . Gatty's education will be much better , at one - third of the expense . And their presence will be a constant and effectual check on ...
... better than a boarding - school . With honest Mrs. Johnson , I can trust my children as with myself . Gatty's education will be much better , at one - third of the expense . And their presence will be a constant and effectual check on ...
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... better ; and , indeed , I maun just leave you a sort of fatherly charge over them . You will find their governess , Mrs. Johnson , a woman that there's few like ; and you two may consult on what you think best for the bairns . You have ...
... better ; and , indeed , I maun just leave you a sort of fatherly charge over them . You will find their governess , Mrs. Johnson , a woman that there's few like ; and you two may consult on what you think best for the bairns . You have ...
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... better to endeavour the securing of an interest in her youthful heart , and as that and their experience ripen- ed , gradually to disclose the other , as it came to be mutually understood . With these sentiments , he took leave of her ...
... better to endeavour the securing of an interest in her youthful heart , and as that and their experience ripen- ed , gradually to disclose the other , as it came to be mutually understood . With these sentiments , he took leave of her ...
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Էջ 92 - O all you host of heaven! O earth! What else? And shall I couple hell? O fie! Hold, hold, my heart, And you, my sinews, grow not instant old, But bear me stiffly up ! Remember thee? Ay, thou poor ghost, while memory holds a seat In this distracted globe.
Էջ 92 - That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand, And with his arms outstretch'd, as he would fly, Grasps in the comer : welcome ever smiles, And farewell goes out sighing. O, let not virtue seek Remuneration for the thing it was ; For beauty, wit, High birth, vigour of bone, desert in service, Love, friendship, charity, are subjects all To envious and calumniating time. One touch of nature makes the whole world kin ; That all with one consent praise new-born gawds, Though they are made and moulded...
Էջ 247 - O all-mighty an' just God, who can fathom the depth of thy judgment? It is higher than heaven, what can we do; it is deeper than hell, what can we understand? What shall we, or what can we, do to appease thy displeasure? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, or the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? If thou requirest it, I must; but, in the mean time, we leave with thee this night two broken an' contrite spirits, an' bow to thy decision, whatever it may be.
Էջ 247 - It is higher than heaven, what can we do: it is deeper than hell, what can we know: the measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea...